Pekoe Cat – What’s It Worth?

Banyak sekali pertanyaannya. Di bagian akhir What’s It Worth?, Pekoe Cat memberondong kita dengan basa-basi yang biasa dilempar tanpa pikir, “How’s it going?”, “Where you working?”, “What’s your number?” (yang ini paling menyebalkan), satu demi satu sampai saya ingin menutup telinga.

Di balik Pekoe Cat ada Kyle Woolven, komedian asal Belleville, Ontario, yang baru didiagnosis ASD dan sejak itu memutar ulang seluruh hidupnya. Kyle lebih gampang bicara lewat lelucon atau lagu, jadi lahirlah tembang ini.

Petikan gitar elektrik yang melodius dan dentum bas meracik psikedelia lo-fi yang murung dan sedikit epik. Ia menyimpan kaitnya di reff, “So what’s it worth?”, dan begitu sampai di sana kepala kita ikut mengangguk pelan.

Ada kejujuran yang tidak minta dikasihani di liriknya. Kyle melepas penyamaran dan orang di depannya tetap tidak paham, lalu mengurung diri dan justru merasa lega, “I’m locked in a cage and i feel so free”, nyanyinya. Kita tertawa sebentar, lalu tidak jadi.

Terima kasih sudah melepas penyamaran lewat What’s It Worth?, Kyle.

Lirik Lagu Pekoe Cat – What’s It Worth?

I’ve got my advice. I’m living the dream.
I’m taking it slowly week after week
Goodbye ordinary. Diverging the stream
And joining the typicals in the street

I can’t find the words. To make matter worse,
I’m pushing emotions down ’til it hurts.
I’m not turning on. My battery’s gone.
And still, on the outside nothing is wrong

Dependency comes to me easily
To live with yourself is a lonely feeling
Regrettably questioning everything.
And carry the weight of the burden I
Place on you.

And even when I look into your eyes,

You just don’t get it. 
So what’s it worth?
And even when I take off my disguise,
You don’t understand it. So what’s it worth?
What’s it worth? Is it worth it?

I’ve got to move on and find some relief
It feels like burnout is starting to creep
So I isolate and throw out the key
I’m locked in a cage and i feel so free.

How’s it going? What you doing?
How you feeling? Where you working?
What’s your number? Where you been?
When was that? Why you angry?
Are you listening? Do you want me?
Can I have it? Why you sad?
Is it worth it? Is it worth it?

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Energi mentah dan riff gitar berkarakter senada juga mencuat dalam ulasan The Shriek – Oxenfree serta nomor garang di arsip ulasan Hello Sister – Look Away.